Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 463 · 18 active provisions
As used in this chapter: "Board" means the board of private detectives and guards described in section 463-2. "Detective", "private detective", or "investigator" means a licensed person qualified to obtain information and evidence not readily or publicly accessible. "Detective agency" or "private detective agency" mean…
Appointment and removal. There shall be a board of detectives and guards consisting of seven members, six of whom shall be nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor. The terms of the members shall be for four years. Each term shall commence on July 1 and expire on June 3…
It is the policy of this State to protect the general public from unlawful and unethical conduct and operation of the business of private detectives and guards. In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the board may adopt, amend, or repeal rules, which shall have the force and effect of law, relati…
Actions to revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline licenses granted under this chapter or appeals of denials of licensure shall be subject to chapter 91 and shall be commenced by a notice of hearing.
(a) No individual shall engage in the business of private detective, represent oneself to be, hold oneself out as, list oneself, or advertise as a private detective or as furnishing detective or investigating services without first obtaining a license as a private detective from the board and paying the application and…
(a) The board may grant a private detective license to any suitable individual, or a detective agency license to any suitable firm making written application therefor. The applicant, if an individual, or the principal detective of a firm shall: (1) Be not less than eighteen years of age; (2) Have had a high school educ…
(a) No individual shall engage in the business of guard for the purpose of protecting persons or property or to prevent theft or unlawful taking of goods, wares, merchandise, money, bonds, documents, or other articles of value for hire or reward or represent oneself to be, or hold oneself out as such without first obta…
[Repeal and reenactment on July 1, 2016. L 2010, c 208, §8.] (a) The board may grant a principal guard license to any suitable individual, or a guard agency license to any suitable firm making written application therefor. The applicant, if an individual, or the principal guard of a firm shall: (1) Be not less than eig…
No person shall engage in the business of guard when the guard work is concurrent with other duties performed under the agreement of employment or when the guard work is not the principal fact of the employment without first obtaining a license as a guard.
[Repeal and reenactment on July 1, 2016. L 2010, c 208, §8.] Application for a license or registration shall be made on a form prescribed by the board which may require a statement of the applicant's full name, age, date and place of birth, residence and business address, the business or occupation the applicant has en…
(a) The license shall state the name and address of the principal office or place of business of the licensee, the name under which the licensed business is to be conducted, and the name of the principal detective or principal guard, if the licensee is a detective agency or guard agency. (b) Except as provided in secti…
[Repeal of section on July 1, 2016, by L 2010, c 208, §8 deleted by L 2014, c 94, §3.] (a) All guards, and all agents, operatives, and assistants employed by a guard agency, private business entity, or government agency who act in a guard capacity shall apply to register with the board, and meet the following registrat…
No licensee shall use any designation or trade name which implies any association with any municipal, county, state, or territorial government or the federal government, or any agency thereof; nor shall a licensee or employee of any licensee wear any badge or uniform capable of being associated with the badge or unifor…
Each licensee shall give to the board a bond in the sum of not less than $5,000 executed by the applicant as principal and by a surety company authorized to do business in the State as surety. The bond shall be in such form as the board may prescribe, conditioned upon the honest conduct of the business of the licensee,…
[Repeal and reenactment on July 1, 2016. L 2010, c 208, §8.] This chapter does not apply to any person, firm, company, partnership, or corporation or any bureau or agency whose business is exclusively the furnishing of information as to the business and financial standing and credit responsibility of persons, firms, or…
Compensation for services of detectives or guards shall not be based upon promissory notes or property other than that allegedly stolen which have been obtained from suspects or others in their behalf as restitution.
Any employee or former employee of a licensee who divulges any information gained by the employee or former employee in the course of such employment except as the employee's or former employee's employer directs or as required by law, or who wilfully makes a false report to the employee's or former employee's employer…
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance should be held invalid by any court, the invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of the section which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of t…